When I got Bell Fiber to the home, they ripped out my copper. Rogers, on the other hand still has their coax to my house. I've had very reliable service with Bell FTTH for the last 5 years. Very reliable through all weather. I even have pics of the FTTN install, and the outside connections.

Don

On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 at 20:31, James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

On 2022-11-21 19:13, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
> On 2022-11-21 18:35, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
>> the copper is being yanked.
>
> If someone was still using copper for their telephone service (ie.
> they don't have a cell phone), what are they going to do for phone
> service?
>
> Is this being done by bell out in the country? Rogers is also forcing
> changes on customers whether you like it or not. A family member who
> lives in a condo is being forced to go with Ignite TV as Rogers is
> dropping the current TV service. Rogers is saying the TV adapter box
> only has HDMI output so if you have an older TV without HDMI customers
> in the building will have a problem.
>

The question becomes how long do you expect the companies to maintain
obsolete plant. The world has been moving to fibre and IP for years.

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